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@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ABBA GOLD -- THE FIRST ALBUM TO REACH 500 TOP 75 WEEKS ABBA Gold is at No.74 in the latest UK Top 75. It is its 500th Top 75 Week. It becomes the 1st Album to reach 500 Weeks in the UK Top 75. It also has the most Top 100 Weeks - 736. It really has 738 Top 200 Weeks, but The OCC only have Top 75 Charts for the period of W/E 12th September 1992 to W/E 5th February 1994. The ABBA Gold Album had 2 No.77 Weeks during that period. But, The OCC only have Top 75's & don't count those 2 Weeks. Greatest Hits (One) by Queen loses out on 32 Top 100 Weeks for that period. The OCC give it 706 Top 100 Weeks & 475 Top 75 Weeks. Both Totals are wrong. 1)... The OCC miss out a No.73 Week for it in the early 1980's. So that gives it 476 Top 75 Weeks. 2)... But, they give it 7 Top 75 Weeks too many, as well. In 1994 they mistakenly give it 7 Top 75 Weeks that are for a Queen Double CD. 3)... So it is really on 469 Top 75 Weeks. 4)... Its Top 100 Weeks are given as 706 by The OCC. But they give it 7 Weeks that it should not have in 1994. That leaves it with 699 Top 100 Weeks. Add in the Week that they miss out in the early 1980's & we get 700 Top 100 Weeks for the Queen Album. 5)... On top of this they miss out 32 Weeks of its No.76 to No.100 Positions, between 1992 & 1994. So it should really have 732 Top 100 Weeks. ABBA Gold has the 3rd most Top 200 Weeks - 1106. Only Greatest Hits by Queen, (over 1200 Weeks), & Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers, (1173 Weeks), have more Top 200 Weeks than ABBA Gold. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS To W/E 28th January 2016 1)... Gold : Greatest Hits - ABBA - 500 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 469 Weeks 3)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 465 Weeks 4)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 454 Weeks 5)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 435 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 370 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

ELVIS PRESLEY'S IF I CAN DREAM ALBUM So far it has done this in the UK Top 10:, 12 Top 10 Weeks - all Top 5 1-1-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-8 He's had so many Top 10 & Top 5 Albums that it is hard to believe that If I Can Dream has his best UK Top 10 Album Chart 'Run' since the 1960's! A)... The last time that an Elvis Album spent as many as 12 Weeks in the Top 10 was in 1964 - Kissin' Cousins 16 Top 10 Weeks 9-6-9-6-6-5-7-7-7-7-8-9-9-9-9-10 B)... The last time that an Elvis Album spent as many as 11 Weeks in the Top 5 was in 1963 - It Happened At The World's Fair 12 Top 5 Weeks 8-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-6-4-4-5-5-8-9 C)... The last time that an Elvis Album had as many as 11 Top 3 Weeks was in 1961 to 1962 - Blue Hawaii 30 Top 3 Weeks 9-3-2-4-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-8-8-9-15-15-14-17-19-17 8-11-16-17-11-10-11-17-16-18-19-18-19

DAVID BOWIE -- 3 SIMULTANEOUS TOP 10 ALBUMS A)... He has 3 simultaneous Top 10 Albums in the latest Chart - W/E 28th January Chart). No.1 -- BLACKSTAR No.3 -- BEST OF BOWIE No.6 -- NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF B)... He has achieved it before - for 6 Weeks in 1973. W/E 18th August to W/E 1st September 1973 - THREE WEEKS No.2/No.3/No.5 - ALADDIN SANE No.3/No.5/No.3 - HUNKY DORY No.7/No.6/No.8 - THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS W/E 15th September to W/E 29th September 1973 - THREE WEEKS No.4/No.5/No.3 - ALADDIN SANE No.5/No.6/No.6 - HUNKY DORY No.8/No.9/No.9 - THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS C)... He is now only the 2nd Artist to have 3 Top 10 Albums, at the same time, in 2 entirely different Years. The other Artist is Elvis Presley, who had 3 Top 10 Albums, for 2 consecutive Weeks, in December 1957 & for 1 Week in September 1977. (The Album Chart was only a Top 5 in 1957, so Elvis had 2 Weeks with 3 Top 5 Albums). D)... Bowie is the 1st Artist to have 3 Albums in the same Top 10 since Amy Winehouse in August 2011. She is the only Female to achieve it. (Unless you count the Females in the George Mitchel Minstrels, who had 3 Top 10 Albums, (3 Weeks), from December 1962 to January 1963). AMY WINEHOUSE W/E 6th August 2011 No.1 - BACK TO BLACK No.5 - FRANK No.10 - FRANK//BACK TO BLACK (Double CD ‘Set’)

Below I List Justin Bieber's very impressive 2015/2016 UK Singles Chart Feats. There are a few things that he has yet to achieve. Despite all of his 2015 & 2016 Singles Chart success, his 'Purpose' Album has yet to reach No.1 in the UK. It has spent 1 Week at No.2 - so far. Which means that 'Believe', (2012), is his only UK No.1 Album, & that was only No.1 for 1 Week. Nor has he - yet - been able to have the UK No.1 Single & No.1 Album at the same time. JUSTIN BIEBER -- CHART FEATS -- (So Far!) 1)... He has had 3 Top 10 Hits for the past 10 Weeks - a UK Chart Record. 2)... He's had 3 Top 5 Hits for 9 Weeks - another UK Chart Record. 3)... He had the No.1 & No.2 Singles for 6 Weeks - another UK Chart Record. 4)... He replaced himself at No.1 on W/E 10th December. Becoming only the 4th Act to manage that in the Singles Chart. (The Beatles, (1963), John Lennon, (1981), and Elvis Presley, (2005). 5)... He had the No.1, No.2 & No.3 Singles in the Chart of W/E 14th January 2016. Becoming the only Act to ever achieve that. 6)... He spent 11 Weeks at No.1 in the 2015 Singles Chart, with Zero No.1 Weeks in the Album Chart. The last Year that an Act had so many No.1 Singles Weeks with no No.1 Albums Weeks was 1967. That was when Engelbert Humpadinck was at No.1 for 11 Weeks in the Singles Chart, with 'Release Me', (6 Weeks), and 'The Last Waltz', (5 Weeks). He had the Top 3 Singles of the Year - and no Act has managed it before or since. 7)... WHAT DO YOU MEAN? Until now there was only 1 Single that had its first 19 Weeks inside the UK Top 7. That was 'Love Is All Around' by Wet Wet Wet. (1994). 4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8 Now What Do You Mean? has broken that Chart Record, by having its 1st 21 Weeks inside the Top 7:, 1-2-1-1-2-1-1-5-7-6-7-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-3-4-4 8)... So now What Do You Mean? has 21 Top 10 Weeks. That is the 8th= most ever. Only 7 Singles have spent longer in the Top 10, & it is still unclear how many further Top 10 Weeks it will have. 9)... It has had 16 Top 5 Weeks & that is the 9th= most ever. 10)... SORRY Justin's 'Sorry' has also achieved something. Its Top 10 'Run' (So Far):, 2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-3 It has had 8 Weeks at No.2 & only 3 other No.1 Hits have had 8, (or more), Weeks at No.2. (Plus 1 No.2 Hit). YOU BELONG TO ME -- JO STAFFORD (1952 to 1953) 9 Weeks at No.2 - no No.1 or No.2 Hit has spent as long at No.2 2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-5-5-6-9-11-8 SUCH A NIGHT -- JOHNNIE RAY (1954) 8 Weeks at No.2 - and the Hit with the most consecutive No.2 Weeks 10-4-3-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-7-7-9-10 LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT -- KITTY KALLEN (1954) She died on January 7th this Year 8 Weeks at No.2 5-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-1-3-5-6-2-4-5-9-10-9 THE ONLY No.2 HIT WITH AS MANY AS 8 No.2 WEEKS TERRY'S THEME (FROM 'LIMELIGHT') -- FRANK CHACKSFIELD (1953) 8 Weeks at No.2 10-3-2-2-5-4-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-5-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-6

If Justin Bieber has the entire Top 3 Singles on Friday, it will be the 1st time ever that any Act has managed that. It has also never been managed, by any Act, in the UK Album Charts.....

Simon, (Suedehead2),you said this in your Chart Commentary. "The only other act to have songs at numbers one, two and four in the same chart is Frankie Laine, who achieved it in 1953". Why it is wrong:, 1)... Frankie Laine never managed to have the No.1, No.2 & No.4 positions at the same time. 2)... The closest he came was on W/E 24th October 1953 - No.1, No.3 & No.4. 3)... So Justin is the 1st Act since the UK Singles Chart began, (November 1952), to achieve it. Which he has done in 2 successive Charts. Frankie Laine & Justin Bieber are the only 2 Acts who've achieved 3 Top 4 Hits in the same Chart. Both of them did it for 2, (successive), Weeks. FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 17th October 1953) No.2 - I BELIEVE No.3 - HEY JOE No.4 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 24th October 1953) No.1 - HEY JOE No.3 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS No.4 - I BELIEVE @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 3rd December 2015) No.1 - SORRY No.2 – LOVE YOURSELF No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 10th December 2015) No.1 – LOVE YOURSELF No.2 - SORRY No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

With 3 Singles in the Top 4, Justin Bieber becomes the first Artist to achieve that since 1953. Frankie Laine achieved it in these 2 Charts. FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 17th October 1953) No.2 -- I BELIEVE No.3 -- HEY JOE No.4 -- WHERE THE WIND BLOWS FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 24th October 1953) No.1 -- HEY JOE No.3 -- WHERE THE WIND BLOWS No.4 -- I BELIEVE So it has taken just over 62 Years for it to happen a 3rd time. However - Justin has achieved it whilst holding the No.1 & No.2 positions. No one has ever managed that before. JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 3rd December 2015) No.1 -- SORRY No.2 -- LOVE YOURSELF No.4 -- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

Slowdow73 - Apparently, the Take That DVD 'freezes' at about the 13 minute mark. So their Fans have been returning it to Amazon etc. Vidcapper - I'm not a Justin Bieber Fan either, but he's obviously much more popular now, (in the UK), than he's ever been before. He's the first living Male Act to have 3 UK Top 5 Hits, (at the same time), since Frankie Laine, in 1953. Streaming helps him - a lot - but, we have to deal with the Charts as they are, & not how we'd like them to be.

In 1967 Lulu topped the USA Charts for 5 Weeks with 'To Sir With Love'. It was the USA's Best Seller for that Year. For some peculiar reason it was decided not to release it as an 'A' Side here in the UK. It was relegated to the 'B' Side of 'Let's Pretend', which did not even reach the Top 10. It was a No.11 Hit.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MICHAEL JACKSON IN 2009 Week Ending 11th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 22 Top 75 Hits & 32 Top 100 Hits (13 in the Top 40) 2-10-12-13-19-25-26-32-33-34-35-38-40-46-54-57-60-63-66-70-73-74-78-81-83-86-88-90-91-92-94-98 He was also at No.43, No.50, No.55, No.59 & No.65 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons So he was on 27 Top 75 Hits & 37 Top 100 Hits @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Week Ending 18th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 18 Top 75 Hits & 23 Top 100 Hits (10 in the Top 40) 3-20-21-25-28-29-31-32-39-40-42-44-45-48-51-62-69-74-80-87-89-91-100 He was also at No.36, No.49, No.57, No.59, No.79, & No.84 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons & No.77 - with U.S.A. For Africa with We Are The World. So he was on 22 Top 75 Hits & 30 Top 100 Hits (With 11 in the Top 40) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Week Ending 4th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 16 Top 75 Hits & 23 Top 100 Hits. (6 in the Top 40) 11-23-25-28-30-38-44-45-47-48-50-57-58-67-72-73-78-85-92-95-96-97-99 He was also at No.55, No.65, No.71, No.75, & No.86 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons. So he was on 20 Top 75 Hits & 28 Top 100 Hits. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Week Ending 25th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 13 Top 75 Hits & 14 Top 100 Hits. (5 in the Top 40) 8-28-33-35-39-42-45-49-53-55-59-60-68-78 He was also at No.57, No.62, No.82, & No.98 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons. So he was on 15 Top 75 Hits & 18 Top 100 Hits. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ At UKMIX someone has pointed out that The Beatles had 17 Top 75 Hits, (23 Top 100), in the BMRB, ('Official'), Chart of W/E 27th March 1976. However, the Chart was only published as a Top 50 at that time, so what they achieved in an unpublished Top 75, (or Top 100), is not part of UK Chart History. THE BEATLES IN 1976 Week Ending 27th March 1976 10... Yesterday 45... Hey Jude 46... Paperback Writer 53... Strawberry Fields Forever 55... Get Back 59... She Loves You 61... Help! 62... Love Me Do 63... Yellow Submarine 64... Let It Be 66... A Hard Day's Night 68... Can't Buy Me Love 69... I Want To Hold Your Hand 71... All You Need Is Love 72... From Me To You 74... Hello Goodbye 75... Please Please Me @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Popchartfreak - I know that it is far easier for a big Act to sell a lot of 'Singles' now, than in the past. Unfortunately, people who write Chart Trivia can only comment on how the Charts are each Week. The fact that some Chart Feats are easier for today's big Acts, is not really an issue. I just write about what goes on in the Charts - as does Simon, (Suedehead), & Alan Jones etc. As you say, there is 24/7, 365 Days a Year availability of Downloads. In the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's etc. an Act could only Chart if a Single was still in the Shops. Now a 'Single' can Chart forever - as long as people want to buy it. Streaming is also helping today's big Acts stay in the Singles Charts for longer. That's why we see Adele, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith etc. stay in the 'Singles' Chart for longer than Acts from previous Decades As a result, if we give 75 Points for No.1 down to 1 Point for No.75, to every Hit from the Download Era, we are already seeing more & more of the UK's All Time Singles - based on Points - taking over the All Time Top 100. The UK's Top 30 All Time Singles (Points Based) is already filling up with Hits from the past few Years. Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud is the 2nd All Time UK Single, based on Points - beaten only by My Way by Frank Sinatra, that scored so many due to Charting for 124 Weeks. Here are recent Hits in the UK's All Time Top 30 - based on Points:, No.2 - Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran No.3 - Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon No.4 - All Of Me - John Legend No.6 - Happy - Pharrell Williams No.9 - Rather Be - Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne No.11 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol No.12 - I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas No.14 - Take Me To Church - Hozier No.15 - Stay With Me - Sam Smith No.17 - Someone Like You - Adele No.18 - Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon No.19 - Let It Go - Idrina Menzel No.21 - Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars No.22 - Budapest - George Ezra No.23 - Counting Stars - OneRepublic No.27 - Chandelier - Sia No.28 - Poker Face - Lady GaGa No.29 - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera No.30 - Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Feat. Kimbra That's 19 of the All Time Top 30 taken up by Singles from the past 9 Years or so - with the bulk from the past 3 or 4 Years.

NOTE -- ADELE -- It looks like - next Friday - she will either equal or beat Justin Bieber's Chart Record of 8 Top 40 Hits by a living Artist. We will see. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ A)... As you can see Justin Bieber is at these Positions in the latest UK Singles Chart:, Top 5//Top 10 -- 1 - 3 - 5 With another Hit at No.15 -- So 4 Hits in the Top 20. 4 other Hits in the Top 40 -- 32 - 33 - 35 - 38 -- So 8 Top 40 Hits. 7 other Hits in the Top 75 -- 41 - 42 - 44 - 52 - 61 - 63 - 74 -- So 15 Top 75 Hits 3 Other Hits in the Top 100 -- 77 - 88 - 94 -- So 18 Top 100 Hits @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B)... It I the 1st time that a living Act has had 4 Hits in the Top 20 at the same time since:, LADY GAGA IN 2011 Week Ending 28th May 2011 06. THE EDGE OF GLORY 08. JUDAS 13. HAIR 16. BORN THIS WAY @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ C)... The 1st time that a living Male Act has managed 4 Top 20 Hits in the same Chart since:, ELVIS PRESLEY IN 1957 Week Ending 23rd November 1957 No.2 - PARTY No.11 - SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME No.15 - LAWDY MISS CLAWDY No.17 - TRYING TO GET TO YOU Elvis had 4 Top 20 Hits, in the same Chart, for 6 Weeks in October & November 1957. With 2 further October 1957 Charts where he had 5 Hits in the Top 20. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ D)... The first time that an Act has had 3 Hits in the same Top 10 since:, RIHANNA IN 2011 Week Ending 15th January 2011 No.1 - WHAT’S MY NAME? - RIHANNA FEAT. DRAKE No.9 - ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) No.10 - WHO’S THAT CHICK? - DAVID GUETTA FEAT. RIHANNA She also had 3 Top 10 Hits in 2 December 2010 Charts. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ E)... The first time that an Act has had 3 Hits in the same Top 5 since:, JOHN LENNON IN 1981 (But he had died) Week Ending 17th January 1981 (NOTE - He also had 3 Top 5 Hits in the previous Chart - W/E 10th January 1981) No.1 - IMAGINE No.3 - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) No.5 - (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER He had 3 Top 10 Hits in 5 Charts between December 1980 & January 1981. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ F)... The first time that a living Act has had 3 Top 5 Hits at the same time since:, FRANKIE LAINE IN 1953 Week Ending 7th November 1953 No.2 - ANSWER ME No.3 - HEY JOE No.5 - I BELIEVE No.7 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS He had 3 Top 10 Hits, at the same time, in 5 Charts that Year, & 4 Top 10 Hits in 3 other Charts. With 3 Top 5 Hits in 4 of those 8 Charts. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ G)... Justin Bieber is the only living Act to have as many as 8 Top 40 Hits in the same Chart. ELVIS PRESLEY IN 1957 He had 7 Top 30 Hits in the Charts of W/E 2nd November & 9th November 1957. The Chart was only a Top 30 at that time. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ H)... Justin's current 18 Top 100 Hits & 15 Top 75 Hits are both UK All Time Chart Records - for a living Act. Michael Jackson beat it in 2009, but he had died. The previous Record Holders were The Jam in 1983. They had 16 Top 100 Hits - 13 of them Top 75. THE JAM IN 1983 Week Ending 5th February 1983 They were at -- 21-30-41-42-43-47-53-54-57-59-60-62-73-82-83-87 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Mart!n - Madonna has never had 3 UK Top 10 Hits at the same time. The closest she got was on W/E 10th August 1985 & W/E 17th August 1985. She was at 1, 5, & 15 on 10th August & 1, 2, & 19 on 17th August. That was with Into The Groove, Holiday & Crazy For You. The only 2 Women to manage 3 simultaneous Top 10 Singles, are Ruby Murray, (1955), & Rihanna, (2010 & 2011).

An Original Cast Recording is allowed into the main, (Artist), Album Chart. But a Film Soundtrack is not - unless it is credited to an Artist. Or an Artist & Various Artists. If it is just credited to Various Artists then it has to go into the Soundtrack Chart. (They used to be put into the Compilation Chart). This can be best illustrated by Mamma Mia! The 1999 Original Cast Recording was allowed into the Artist Chart. It eventually Peaked at No.12, in 2008. However, the 2008 Mamma Mia! Film Soundtrack was only allowed into the Compilation Chart. It was No.1, in that Chart, for 11 non-consecutive Weeks. Evita is usually credited to Madonna & Various Artists - which is why it was allowed into the Artist Chart, & why several UK Chart Books regard it as one of Madonna's No.1 Albums - giving her 12 UK No.1 Albums. The Bodyguard is regarded as a Film Soundtrack by Various Artists & it was only allowed into the Compilation Chart. It is not regarded as a Whitney Houston No.1 in the UK. But, in the USA it is credited to Whitney Houston & Various Artists, & it is regarded as a Whitney No.1 there. Saturday Night Fever is counted as a Bee Gees No.1 Album in the USA, as it is credited to the Bee Gees & Various Artists. In the UK it is counted only as a Film Soundtrack, by Various Artists, & the Bee Gees do not have it counted as a UK No.1 for them. It was allowed into the main UK Album Chart in 1978, because there was no Compilation Chart at that time. The same for the Grease Soundtrack, which was also No.1 in 1978.

THE EVITA FILM SOUNDTRACK -- (1996 - No.1 in 1997) Sometimes The OCC does not count Evita as a Madonna No.1 Album & sometimes they do. In the Madonna Section, on their Site, they do not List Evita in her Albums. They credit her with 11 No.1 Albums & 29 Weeks at No.1. So, it is up to 'the individual' if you regard it as a Madonna No.1. If you don't, then the Top 4 UK No.1 Album Acts would look like this:, 1)...THE BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2)...ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (64W) 3)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 3)=MADONNA - 11 (29W)

As Elvis Presley has his 12th UK No.1 Album I thought that I'd add these 2 Lists here. NOTE -- Whilst the UK is the biggest Record Market in Europe, the biggest on the Continent of Europe is Germany. It is interesting to note that Elvis Presley only had 1 No.1 Single in Germany. That was In The Ghetto, in 1969. Ironically that was not a UK No.1 Hit, (No.2). He only had 1 No.1 Album there - The King, in 2007. The 3 non-German Acts with the most German No.1 Albums are Madonna - 12, (33 Weeks at No.1), & The Beatles & Robbie Williams each have 11 No.1 Albums there, with 119 Weeks & 46 Weeks at No.1 respectively..... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK CHART ACTS - 8 OR MORE NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 12th November 2015) 01)...BEATLES - 15 (174W) 02)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (64W) 02)=MADONNA - 12 (Includes 1 No.1, (1 Week) with the Evita OST - credited to Madonna & Various Artists) (30W) 04)...ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 05)=ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 05)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 05)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 05)=U2 - 10 (15W) 09)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 09)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 09)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 12)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 12)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 12)=OASIS - 8 (21W) 12)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W) 12)=REM - 8 (13W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MALE SOLO ACTS - 6 OR MORE UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 12th November 2015) 01)...ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (64W) 02)...ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 03)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 03)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 05)...DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 06)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 06)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 08)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W) 08)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (Includes 1 with Pnau - 1 No.1 Week) (29W) 08)=EMINEM - 7 (24W) 08)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 7 (16W) 12)...PHIL COLLINS - 6 (26W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

It looks like Sam Smith's Album will soon have a new burst of life. He is re-issuing it as the 'Drowning Sorrows Edition' on Friday 6th November. It's had a 2nd CD added to it, with 9 Tracks. The Tracks include Duets with John Legend & Mary J Blige. One of the added tracks is his cover of Whitney's How Will I Know, & another is his cover of Amy Winehouse's Love Is A Losing Game. The OCC will combine its Sales with those of the original version.

A)... Here are 3 UK Chart Lists. Two of them show how Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour now holds the Chart Record for the most Top 5 Weeks for a Male Soloist Album - 58. It over-took Thriller by Michael Jackson, a few Weeks ago. It has the 3rd most Top 5 Weeks for an Artist Album, & the 11th most for any Album. Ed Sheeran's X is not far behind - that's equal with Thriller's 55 Top 5 Weeks... B)... In The Lonely Hour has its 67th consecutive Top 10 Week. It has yet to leave the Top 10. It's now over-taken Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, (66 consecutive Top 10 Weeks), to become the debut Album with the most consecutive Top 10 Weeks. Only 2 other Artist Albums have had more consecutive Top 10 Weeks, & only 8 Albums over-all. Again Ed Sheeran's X Album is not far behind. That has its 63rd consecutive Top 10 Week in the latest Chart.... All 3 Lists go from W/E July 28th 1956 to W/E 10th September 2015. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 WEEKS (Total Top 10 Weeks In Brackets) 01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 180 WEEKS - (276) 02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1965) - 172 WEEKS - (233) 03)... BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (BBC TV) - (1960) - 120 W - (120) 04)... MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST - (1958) - 101 WEEKS - (122) 05)... THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 94 WEEKS - (153) 06)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 92 WEEKS - (135) 07)... WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1960) - 89 WEEKS - (153) 08)... 21 - ADELE - (2011) - 71 WEEKS - (76) 09)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 67 WEEKS - (67) 10)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - (2012) - 66 WEEKS - (67) 11)... X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 63 WEEKS - (63) 12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - BEATLES - (1963) - 62 WEEKS - (62) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) 01)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 105 02)... 21 - ADELE - (2011) - 61 03)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 58 04)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - (1963) - 56 05)= THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with Thriller 25) 05)= X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 55 07)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - (1985) - 50 08)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - (2012) - 47 09)... TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - (1997) - 45 10)... G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY - (1960) - 44 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) 01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 214 02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1965) - 189 03)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 105 04)... THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 104 05)... WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1961) - 101 06)... BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (BBC TV) - (1960) - 97 07)... MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 94 08)... OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 78 09)... GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1959) - 63 - (Peaked at No.2) 10)... 21 - ADELE - 61 - (2011) 11)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 58 12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 56 - (1963) 13)= THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with Thriller 25) 13)= X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 55 15)... MARY POPPINS (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1964) - 52 - (Peaked at No.2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

They are obviously not counting the UK Sales of 'Hits' Albums, when they show each Act's best selling 21st Century Album. 'All Over The World - The Very Best Of' is - by far - E.L.O.'s biggest selling UK Album of this Century. It was released in 2005, when it peaked at No.6. From June 2005 to April 2015 it has spent 52 Weeks in the Top 75 & 87 Weeks in the Top 100. The BPI have given it 2 Platinum Awards. As a contrast, the 2007 re-issue of Out Of The Blue was a No.18 Hit & it spent 4 Weeks in the Top 75//Top 100.

On Monday 31st August the UK's BBC Radio 2 will be playing The Top 50 UK Best Selling Singles by Elvis Presley & The Beatles. (From 6.30 am until 7 pm). LINK:, http://goo.gl/3M4kn1 The Beatles Top 10 will have more UK Sales in it than Elvis's Top 10. This is because they had 6 UK Million Selling Singles & Elvis 'only' had one - It's Now Or Never.

The Hit Parade - Twist And Shout by The Beatles is excellent. It was originally by the Top Notes, in 1961. The Isley Brothers covered it in 1962, & reached No.17 in the USA & No.42 in the UK. The Beatles did not release it as a UK Single. They released it as a 4 Track EP here, & was No.1 in the UK EP Chart, for 21 Weeks, from 1963 to 1964. It was a No.2 Single in the USA Billboard Charts, & No.1 in the USA Cashbox Charts. The Tremeloes had a UK No.4 Single with it in 1963. The Beatles version was not a UK Hit Single until 2010, when it reached No.48 as a Download. THE BEATLES - TWIST AND SHOUT -- (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ypq6_5bsg

Sam Smith has now become the 1st Male Soloist in UK Album Chart History, (since W/E 28th July 1956), to go to No.1 as many as 6 times with the same Album. 3 Film Soundtracks went to No.1 more than 8 times - The Sound Of Music - 12, (70 No.1 Weeks), The King And I - 11, (48 No.1 Weeks), & South Pacific - 9, (115 No.1 Weeks). West Side Story went to No.1 7 times, (13 No.1 Weeks). Sam's Album is also only the 5th Artist Album to manage 6, (or more), Runs at No.1, & only the 3rd by a UK Artist. ARTIST ALBUMS WITH THE MOST RUNS AT No.1 (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 21st March 2015) (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1)... 8 RUNS AT NUMBER 1 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - Runs = 1970 - 1971 -- (33) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2)= ... 7 RUNS AT NUMBER 1 21 - ADELE (2011) - Runs = 2011 - 2012 -- (23) OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE (2012) - Runs = 2012 - 2013 -- (10) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4)=... 6 RUNS AT NUMBER 1 TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS (1997) - Runs = 1998 - 1999 -- (10) IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH (2014) - Runs = 2014 - 2015 -- (8) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ALANIS MORISSETTE (1995) I see that it is a Re-Entry at No.16. It was last in the Top 20 on W/E 8th February 1997 - at No.19 -- (18 Years ago). @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ SAM SMITH'S 4 RUNS AT NUMBER 1 IN THE UK ALBUM CHART Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour has its 3rd return to No.1, & its 4th Run at No.1 over all. 1) It is the 6th time, (since the Album Chart began in July 1956), that a Solo Male has had as many as 4 Runs at No.1 with the same Album. 2) Meat Loaf is one of the 6 & he is the only Male Solo Act to have more than 4 Runs at No.1 with the same Album. His Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell Album was No.1 in 5 Runs in 1993. 3) The 5 Male Solo Acts to have 4 Runs at No.1 with the same Album, are: This Is Sinatra - Frank Sinatra, (all in 1957), Thriller - Michael Jackson, (1983 to 1984), No Parlez - Paul Young, (1983 to 1984), Justified - Justin Timberlake (2002), which had its 4 Runs at No.1 in 2003, & In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith, (2014 to 2015). 4) So Sam Smith is only the 2nd UK Solo Male to manage it, & the 1st one was Paul Young way back in 1983 & 1984. 5) Sam is the 1st Solo Male to achieve it since Justin Timberlake in 2003. 6) Although no Solo Males have had more than 5 Runs at No.1 with the same Album, it has been beaten by 2 Solo Females. (Both of them British). Adele's 21 Album had 7 Runs at No.1 between 2011 & 2012. The other is Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, which also had 7 Runs at No.1 between 2012 & 2013. (The West Side Story Film Soundtrack also had 7 Runs at No.1 - from 1962 to 1963). 7) Only 1 Artist Album has had more than 7 Runs at No.1. That Album was Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel, which had 8 No.1 Runs from 1970 to 1971. That is beaten by only 3 Film Sound Track Albums -- The Sound Of Music - 12 Runs from 1965 to 1968, The King & I - 11 Runs from 1956 to 1958, & South Pacific - 9 Runs at No.1 from 1958 to 1961. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

SAM SMITH'S UK MALE SOLO CHART RECORD Sam Smiths In The Lonely Hour Album has its 37th Top 5 Week in today's UK Album Chart. It is the most by any UK Male Solo Act. (Beating the previous UK Male Solo Record holder, which was Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. That was in the Top 5 for 34 Weeks. It also looks like X by Ed Sheeran will beat Tubular Bells 34 Top 5 Weeks in the next 2 Weeks). I've compiled these 3 Lists, that you may find of interest... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ALBUMS BY UK ACTS - WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 21st February 2015) 1) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (1960) - 97 2) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 61 3) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 56 4) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS (1985) - 50 5) OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 47 (2012) 6)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS (1995) - 40 6)=SPICE - SPICE GIRLS (1996) - 40 8) SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES (1967) - 39 9) THE ROLLING STONES - ROLLING STONES (1964) - 38 10)=STARS - SIMPLY RED (1991) - 37 10)=IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH (2014) - 37 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ALBUMS BY UK SOLO ACTS - WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (From W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 21st February 2015) 1) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 61 2) OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 47 (2012) 3) IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH (2014) - 37 4) BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE (2006) - 36 (Includes 4 Top 5 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’) 5)=TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD (1973) - 34 5)=ROCKFERRY - DUFFY (2008) - 34 (Includes 5 Top 5 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’) 5)=19 - ADELE (2008) - 34 8)=NO ANGEL - DIDO (2000) - 33 8)=X - ED SHEERAN (2014) - 33 10) BACK TO BEDLAM - JAMES BLUNT (2004) - 32 11)…BUT SERIOUSLY - PHIL COLLINS (1989) - 31 12) SUMMER HOLIDAY (OST) - CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS (1963) - 26 @@@ @@@ = Cliff Richard & The Shadows tends to be regarded as a Solo Act & his backing Group @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS BY MALE SOLO ACTS - WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (From W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 21st February 2015) 1) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with ‘Thriller 25’) 2) G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY (1960) - 44 3) BLUE HAWAII (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY (1961) - 38 4) IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH (2014) - 37 5) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD (1973) - 34 6) X - ED SHEERAN (2014) - 33 7) BACK TO BEDLAM - JAMES BLUNT (2004) - 32 8)…BUT SERIOUSLY - PHIL COLLINS (1989) - 31 9) SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS - FRANK SINATRA (1956) - 27 10)=SUMMER HOLIDAY (OST) - CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS (1963) - 26 @@@ 10)=CAN’T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE (1983) - 26 @@@ = Cliff Richard & The Shadows tends to be regarded as a Solo Act & his backing Group @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS (1985) As Dire Straits Brothers In Arms Album is a Re-Entry at No.8, I've prepared this Chart Trivia. 1)... It is its 66th Week in the UK Top 10 - the 9th most by an Artist Album & the 16th most by any Album. (Including Film Soundtracks & Stage Cast Albums). 2)... The W/E 14th February 2015 will be its first Top 10 entry since W/E 23rd August 1986, when it was at No.7. 3)... It was last in the Top 5 on W/E 21st June 1986, when it was at No.5. 4)... As far as I can see, it was last in the Top 20 on W/E 25th June 1988, when it was at No.13. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ BOB DYLAN - As 'Shadows In The Night' is his 8th UK No.1 Album, & his 25th Week at No.1 in the UK Album Chart, I have 'created' these various Lists to show where this places him in the All Time Acts, USA Acts, & Male Solo Acts. UK CHART ACTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (WEEKS AT No.1 IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2)... MADONNA - 12 (30W) 3)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 3)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 5)=ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 5)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 5)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 5)=U2 - 10 (15W) 9)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 9)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 9)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 12)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 12)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 12)=OASIS - 8 (21W) 12)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W) 12)=REM - 8 (13W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ALBUM CHART ACTS (NUMBER 1 ALBUMS IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... BEATLES - 174 (15) 2)... ELVIS PRESLEY - 63 (11) 3)... ABBA - 57 (9) 4)... ROLLING STONES - 45 (10) 5)... SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40 (2) 6)... ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 34 (11) 7)... MICHAEL JACKSON - 31 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (10) 8)=CLIFF RICHARD - 30 (7) 8)=MADONNA - 30 (12) (Includes 1 Week with the Evita Soundtrack) (Includes the Evita Soundtrack) 10)=ELTON JOHN - 29 (7) (Includes 1 No.1 with PNAU) (1 No.1 Week with PNAU) 10)=TAKE THAT - 29 (7) 10)=CARPENTERS - 29 (3) 13)... ROD STEWART - 28 (8) 14)=PHIL COLLINS - 26 (6) 14)= SIMPLY RED - 26 (5) 16)... BOB DYLAN - 25 (8) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ USA CHART ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (WEEKS AT No.1 IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... MADONNA - 12 (30W) 2)... ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 3)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 3)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 5)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 5)=REM - 8 (13W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ USA CHART ACTS WITH THE MOST UK ALBUM WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 (NUMBER 1 ALBUMS IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... ELVIS PRESLEY - 63 (11) 2)... SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40 (2) 3)... MICHAEL JACKSON - 31 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (10) 4)... MADONNA - 30 (12) (Includes 1 Week with the Evita Soundtrack) (Includes the Evita Soundtrack) 5)... CARPENTERS - 29 (3) 6)... BOB DYLAN - 25 (8) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MALE SOLO ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (WEEKS AT No.1 IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 1)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 3)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 3)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 5)... DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 6)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 6)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MALE SOLO ACTS WITH THE MOST UK ALBUM CHART WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 (NUMBER 1 ALBUMS IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... ELVIS PRESLEY - 63 (11) 2)... ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 34 (11) 3)... MICHAEL JACKSON - 31 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (10) 4)... CLIFF RICHARD - 30 (7) 5)... ELTON JOHN - 29 (7) (Includes 1 No.1 with PNAU) (1 No.1 Week with PNAU) 6)... ROD STEWART - 28 (8) 7)... PHIL COLLINS - 26 (6) 8)... BOB DYLAN - 25 (8) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@